08/19/2008
Austin Garage-Rockers Harlem Are "on Drugs"
If you love lo-fi, Nuggets-era rock and roll and bands with a good sense of humor, then Austin's Harlem is your new favorite band, or at least one that you should be listening to. "I'm On Drugs" from their debut full-length Free Drugs (the p ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/19/2008 9:41 AM EST in Garage Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock | Permalink
Video: Chromeo Stops By Daryl Hall's House For a Jam Session
Last month the only successful Arab/Jew music duo known as Chromeo stopped by Philly fav Daryl Hall's (of Hall and Oates) home studio to film a webisode of the Live From Daryl's House. The electro-funksters joined Hall and his band in some l ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/19/2008 8:55 AM EST in Rock, WTF?, 80's Pop, Video, Local Music | Permalink
08/18/2008
Stream New Music From Squarepusher: "Delta V"
In October, genre-defying IDM pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Squarepusher, aka Tom Jenkinson will release his new album Just a Souvenir courtesy of Warp Records. Unfortunately, there isn't much more info than that. Oh except for a sweet slice ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/18/2008 10:48 AM EST in Electronic, Experimental | Permalink
Stream David Byrne and Brian Eno's New Album, Everything That Happens...
Well, today's the day. Byrne and Eno's first official album collaboration since 1981's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is available as a 320kbps DRM-free digital copy for $8.99 and $11.99 on CD. Then, similar to Radiohead's In Rainbows, there is t ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/18/2008 7:26 AM EST in Electronic, Pop | Permalink
08/15/2008
Remix of The Week: Ladyhawke - "Dusk Till Dawn" (Canyons Garage Disco Mix)
Back in May, we introduced you to Ladyhawke and, indeed, we still have "Paris is Burning" and "Back of The Van" in heavy rotation. Now, Discobelle has brought an awesome new track, remixed by fellow Aussies The Canyons, to our attention. "Dus ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/15/2008 12:06 PM EST in Electronic, Remix, Disco | Permalink
08/14/2008
New Music From The Spinto Band: "Summer Grof"
In 2006, Delaware's The Spinto Band had a modest hit (which should've been a huge hit) with "Oh, Mandy" from their well-received album Nice and Nicely Done. The charming and offbeat track with its references to the WB and the Midwest was an infe ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/14/2008 10:09 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Video, Local Music | Permalink
08/13/2008
Awesome Video Alert: Ida Maria - "Better When You’re Naked”
We featured Norwegian singer/songwriter and pizza burner Ida Maria on the blog way back, but now she's gotten super sexy and gone and done it...and by "it" I mean having a kick ass video for her new single "Better When You’re Naked.” The ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/13/2008 12:42 PM EST in Indie-Rock, Video | Permalink
Go To This: Free Dr. Dog Show Tonight in Philly's Rittenhouse Park
Since the weather is SO nice in Philly today, why not venture over to Rittenhouse Sq. Park for a free concert featuring local heroes and Walrus favs Dr. Dog? Show starts at 7pm. Meet me by the fountain... The band's newest album, Fate, is a ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/13/2008 9:55 AM EST in Indie-Rock, Local Music, Events | Permalink
08/12/2008
New Music From Members of Radiohead and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Woodpecker Soundtrack
Composer, and Philly native, James Lavino has teamed up with Radiohead's Colin Greenwood and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah brothers Lee and Tyler Sargent to score a quirky film about bird watching called Woodpecker (based on the synopsis, it sounds l ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/12/2008 2:43 PM EST in Experimental, Folk, Movie Music | Permalink
08/11/2008
On the Rise: The War On Drugs
Philly's The War on Drugs are starting to make a name for themselves outside of the local scene with their awesome debut full-length Wagonwheel Blues. Co-founder Kurt Vile and gang are perpetuating the grand tradition of noisy Americana. "Ta ...
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